SPECIAL CONSTABLE'S DEATH.

Dominion, Volume 7, Issue 1911, 20 November 1913, Page 9

SPECIAL CONSTABLE'S DEATH.

(By Telegraph.—Press Association.) Auckland, November 19. Henry Alexander Burbush, aged 26, who has been employed by the Waikato Farmers' Association at Hamilton, died at the hospital to-day.. Burbush was injured it tho Domain Camp on Sunday, when jumping his horse. LIFTING THE BLOCKADE. POSITION AT DUNEDIN. CARRIERS' WINDOWS SMASHED. (By Telegraph .-Preoi AetoolaUoß.) Dunedln, November 19. . The work of unloading the Moeraki proceeded quietly to-day. Tho strength of the new workers was increased by four when operations commenced, and at least a ddzen more will be available to-morrow. They are not recruits from the watorsiders who went out on strike three weeks ago. At noon tho Moeraki had discharged 600 of the 800 tons stowed in her holds. It is likely that the Corinna will ho shifted to the Birch Street Wharf to-morrow morning, and the thirty tons of cargo on board of her should soon bo iu the sheds. There is plenty of work to occupy the new union men for ten days, the Taviuni (700 tons of coal), Kamo (800 tons of coal), and Waitomo (1200 tons of coal) .being still full ships. The Victoria was moored between tho Moeraki and Taviuni this morning, and. her discharge will begin when labour is available. The strength of the police on duty at the barricades varies between 12 and ■ 20, and these have not been troubled in any way by tho strikors. The carrying from the wharves yesterday was largoly undertaken by Messrs. Spencer and'Dunkley and tho Empire Carrying Company, the former company lifting about twenty .tons of macaroni, tea, and quarter-casks of wine, and tho latter delivering six or seven tons ,of merchandise. Some time between ' 8 o'clock and 10.30 last night the windows of both these firms were broken with road metal. Carrying was resumed by several firms without opposition to-day, and neither of the firms whose premises were damaged attributes tho act to the actual strikers. For the last few clays the officials of the Post Office Parcels Department have been extremely busy. Many consignors who have been unable to send gcods, by ship, have resorted to the parcels post as a means of transmission, and the office has been fairly flooded with parcels of all descriptions. One official estimates that twice the ordinary number of parcels aro now being received. Somo "Peaceful Persuasion." - This evening an Arbitrationist worker who was coming- along by tho cross wharf was struck on the cheek as he was,, stepping off :; the --wharf:,io . go.,- up.-, Rattray ;Street. jTho man ran over for- ■ the protection of two policemen, and after remaining there several minutes, was surrounded by a number of strikers, and made the subject of some heated "persuasion." Shortly after a loud, cheer intimated that tho Arbitrationist" had succumbed to "peaceful picketing," and did not intend to'return 'to tho Moeraki this morning.